Means for attaching detachable collars to shirts



Aug. 23,1932. J. A. PACKETT 1,373,145

MEANS FOR ATTACHING DETACHABLE COLLAR-S To SHRITS Filed Dec. 9, 1930 a Fig.1.

F d 1 eg, \e 2 1 [Hve/v 77/3 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN ALBERT PACKETT, OF HOVE, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE NO-STUD-SHIRT &; COLLAR CO. LIMITED, OF BRIGHTON, ENGLAND MEANS FOR ATTAOHING DETACHABLE COLLARS TO'SHIRTS Application filed December 9, 1930, Serial No. 501,088, and in Great Britain December 12, 1929.

cularly bent, to one end of which any suitable form of collar stud is secured so as to project outwardly only, for engagement with the holes in the front of the collar and which is provided at the other end with a hole or slot in which the said stud engages, the said band being entirely detached from the collar and from the neckband of the shirt and the,

collar and the neckband having means through which the band can be inserted in position to secure the collar to the shirt Without the use of a back stud.

Referring to the accompanying drawing illustrating the invention by way of example Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved attaching device,

Figure 2 is a neckband with the preferred number of tape loops,

Figure 3' is a collar with the preferred number of holes, and

Figure 4 shows the manner of attaching the collar to the shirt.

The band a is preferably made ofa flat spring of nickelled steel-and the stud b, which is fixed at one end thereof, may be made in any of the usual forms with hinged or fixed parts with that exception that the back portion is dispensed with as the stud is fixed hole. Preferably additional tape loops e e, are provided between the back tape loop 6 and the two ends of'the neckband. f

The device according to the present invention may be used in connection with an ordinary collar, the steel band being passed from one side to the other side of the collar 9 through the hole 7 at the back of the collar I but preferably additional holes 11, f f are provided therein between the usual hole 7 at the back of the collar and the two ends 7 in the frontof the collar and an aperture at its other end intended to engage with the said stud, the said band being entirely detached from the collar and from thencckbandof the shirt, incombination with means I secured to the neck-band of the shirt through which the said stiff but flexible band can be inserted in position to secure the detachable collar to the shirt without the use of a back stud for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN ALBERT PACKETT.

directly on to the band. The slot 0 may be 7 either in the form of a closed recess as shown or provided with an opening for the lateral insertion of the stud secured to the other end of the band, as indicated in dotted lines at 0 The neckband d of the shirt is provided with a tape loop 6 in the centre of the back and with another tape lo p 61 at one of the ends of the neckband in place of the usual 

